Bill Konigsberg Quotes
The idea that because things are worse somewhere else, you’re not allowed to have issues in your life. That’s what people who are trying to avoid having normal feelings say.

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Actually, I had no idea what shooting hoops was or were. I thought dunking was something you did with a beignet and a cup of steaming coffee. I wasn't exactly sure what a Knick was.
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I always have issues with trust.
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What I want is to try and get across the idea that reading for pleasure is so beneficial. And turn children on who have maybe been switched off reading or never found a love of it in the first place.
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And I don't believe that melodramatic feelings are laughable - they should be taken absolutely seriously.
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Comparing oneself with one's fellow writers is a bad idea. I would not review a fellow writer unless I had something terribly positive to say.
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I have no idea why I write. The old standards are: I like to express my feelings, stretch my imagination, earn money.
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I love the idea of making a movie for kids but it's got to be that, with my take on it.
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I've got weird conflicting feelings about my generation.
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Good psychology should include all the methodological techniques, without having loyalty to one method, one idea, or one person.
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As much as I love to dive into the action early, I think the hero's journey is important - the idea that the reader needs to experience the protagonist's everyday life before you turn that world upside down.
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I don't know if I'll ever make rap music, but I just like people who are like, 'I am going to just find the medium that's best for this idea and master it and do that.'
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I built my entire life on the idea of independence.
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I think that the idea of a war on an abstract noun is unacceptable.
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You show your vulnerability through relationships, and those feelings are your soft spot. You need to have a soft spot.
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Lyndon Johnson faced some clear moral issues.
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I knew I was destined to do a solo album, but when I did that first album in 1978, I had no idea it was going to be that well received.
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Theres nothing more depressing than having everything and still feeling sad. We must learn to water our spiritual garden.
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I was raised with a ton of brothers and sisters where, obviously, the music running in and out of the house was very eclectic. So, I had a lot under my belt by the time I grew up. It all depends upon the mood that I'm in, the space that I'm in and what I'm feeling at that moment. But definitely!
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If once a man has come to the idea of a service which is not purely moral, but is ...... In the kingdom of ends everything has either a price or a dignity. What has a price can be replaced by something else as its equivalent; what on the other hand is raised above all price and therefore admits of no equivalent has a dignity.
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It's such a risk to write a novel that it's easy to become conservative - you're spending what would be, for me, a couple of years of my life on a single idea. Which is maybe one of the reasons I write stories - if it doesn't work, you've only lost a month.
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Relationships are like traffic lights. And I just have this theory that I can only exist in a relationship if it's a green light.
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I think we go well together. I like being with you because I'm never bored. Even when we're not talking, even when we're not touching, even when we're not in the same room, I'm not bored. I'm never bored. I think it's because I have confidence in you, in your thoughts. Do you understand? I love everything I see in you, and everything I don't see. I know your faults, but as it turns out, I feel as though your faults go well with my qualities. We're not afraid of the same things. Even our inner demons go well together! You, you're worth more than you show.
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The idea that because things are worse somewhere else, you’re not allowed to have issues in your life. That’s what people who are trying to avoid having normal feelings say.